It may not be every teenager ’s dream disruption from school , but 15 - yr - old Craig Kasberg has spent his summers on the commercial fishing boat of Southeast Alaska , farming Salmon River and holibut . Seeing 2 billion pounds of waste matter create annually by these piscary , Kasberg imagine something should bedone to make the practice more sustainable .
Nine years later , Kasberg foundedTidal Vision , a company that hop to invent stylish dress and products made from fish by - products to increase sentience of and to support sustainable fishing . This could interchange the typeface of the fishing diligence as we jazz it . IFLScience speak to the Alaskan - digest captain to find out more .
“ Sustainable piscary manage the population of target and by-catch species , do n’t harvest during crucial breeding season , and only expend fishing method that do n’t damage the ocean ’s habitat , ” said Kasberg to IFLScience . “ fish this way simply be more . I wanted to make technology that could add time value to the sportfishing operations doing things the right way , to promote and encourage ocean sustainability . ”
Utilizing these by - product , Kasberg has worked with apothecary and technologist to create Tidal Vision ’s environmentally well-disposed material : salmon leatherandChitoskin cloth made from Chitosan – a polymer of crab and shrimp shells , which is odourless and can be blended with any textile fiber .
The Salmon River leather is bronze over three workweek in a similar process to raw cowhide , removing the natural Pisces the Fishes oils ( which give salmon its fishy odor ) and replacing them with veggie - found flagellation oil . It is then evenly heat - fight to give the distinctive scaly pattern a smooth , showy stopping point .
presently , Tidal Vision has plans for shirt and wallets but Kasberg is in public lecture with eco - favorable fabric businesses for wide usance of his innovative cloth . “ We ’re aim requests from skid and boot company , guitar companies that desire their cases to have a sustainable cow leather option , furniture companies , and more , ” Kasberg said .
Through the Kickstarter campaign launched on May 27 , Tidal Vision plans to finally debut its product . Kickstarter backer will have access to and priority for discounted pre - ordering .
As a personal project , Kasberg believes that it ’s time citizenry lie with where their food and ware come from . The main drive for Tidal Vision is to promote “ conscious consuming , ” knowing where your food is from , how far it has travelled to get to your plate and how these ingredient can impact the industry and the environment .
